Here I Am!

I am still alive and well. Just have been busy lately. No shredding to report. No 5K training to report either. So what have I been doing? Took a spur of the moment trip to my moms in Jupiter (Palm Beach area) Florida. Just me and the kids drove 24 hours there and 24 hours back. We were able to stay a week which was so nice. I got to spend alot of time with my sister who is 18 and is like a real grown up now! When I have visited in the past, she has never wanted anything to do with me or my kids. This trip was so special because she spent the entire time with us! I also got to see my mommy! We talk on the phone 5 times and day, skype twice and message each other in between. It was so nice to just sit and be with each other.

On my way back to Oklahoma, I heard some gut-wrenching news that a mama from my playgroup lost her 6 month old son to SIDS. It is the saddest thing because he was the happiest baby and while I only knew her for 4 months, they were a part of our lives. As a group, we ordered her a necklace with her sons name and "Forever Loved" hand-stamped on a silver pendant and a heart charm with baby foot prints. I hope it turns out great and she really likes it. We are also wanting to bring over meals for her family but she is not wanting guests so we will just have to keep in touch and be there for her when she is ready. I cannot imagine the pain to lose a child. My heart ached all week for her.

My husband is back to working out of town during the week so I am starting another woodworking project. I think I posted earlier about the modern farmhouse table and bench from West Elm that I wanted to build using the plans from Knock Off Wood. I already have one bench so I went and got the lumber for the table today. I cannot wait to get started! The weather is supposed to be great this week so I hope I will stay busy outside.

I will try to get better with my blogging! I really want to, I swear!

Boring!

Note to self: Do not run during American Idol on elimination night. You will be bored out of your mind. Wait to run during Grey's Anatomy or Real Housewives. Even better, put in your new Glee DVD set. Even better better, work on your ipod playlists and run to music since that is what you prefer anyway. You can do it.

Well, I ran 2 miles last night but it was hard to keep myself going. I
basically wanted to quit after 2 minutes. I planned on doing 3 miles but I am still happy I ran. I am going to shoot for 2 miles twice a week and 3 miles at the end of the week. Then every week I will up my mileage by a half mile.

On a side note, what face moisturizer do you use? I had gotten a sample of Olay ProX and this tiny container I got in the mail for free lasted me about 2 months.

Well, when I went to Target to replace it, it costs $39.99! So, I am a cheapo and I just bought the generic Target brand of regular Olay face moisturizer for around $4. It really is awful and I may try to return it and just spend the money on the ProX. It was so wonderful. My skin right now is dry and flaky and I have not been like that all winter until I ran out of ProX. What do you all like? As I get older, I find it more important to use something good to fight aging! It is my face after all!

Amazed

I am always reading a highschool friend's facebook posts about her running and working out basically on a daily basis, and I find myself wondering why I couldn't run too?? She is such a sweet person and she told me all about how she does it and what her goals are and that she lost 60 pounds last year. I mentioned before that I want to run a 5K but of course I have not started training. I have alot of goals and plans people. Most of them just stay in my head. I have a goal tonight to run 3 miles on my treadmill as I watch American Idol. So, since it is already 7PM, I must get to it! Off to run!!!

Who am I rooting for on Idol?


Are you surprised the long haired blond boy is not up there? Me too.

New DVD

Meant to post this yesterday but got sidetracked. . .

Jillian Michael's new DVD came out today, called Yoga Meltdown. From what I have read is that it is set up like Shred but only two different levels, each 25 minutes. I WILL be going to WalMart tomorrow to pick this up. I would have gone today but I had to babysit for a friend. I have been trying to do the Shred every other day or so. I have lost 2 more pounds in February!! Yay! I am trying to figure out how to eat healthy but it is a challenge every meal! I really do not eat alot of convenience foods or packaged foods. My problem is pasta and potatoes. I tried to do a modified South Beach diet but it only lasted one day! ha So, tonight I am grilling cheeseburgers and fried potatoes. Is that healthy? No way but my family will eat it and they will love it and I hate putting very much thought into food! I like cooking new things and finding new recipes but when it comes right down to it, there are a handful of meals that I make over and over and over. Don't worry, I will be swapping the potatoes for a salad.

On another note, I finished the bench I was working on last week. On Sunday, Scott gave me some lessons on how to use the tools. It really helped. The bench is not perfect in any way but the lumber cost less than $20 and I made it all by myself!!
Still have to sand and stain (and start the other bench and table!) If you think you cannot build things like this, you are so wrong! You should have seen me the first day, it was pathetic. I had no clue what I was doing. I kept it up though and finished it!

Let me know if you have tried Yoga Meltdown or your thoughts on the Knock Off Wood blog. I would love to hear what you all are up to!